Bi partisan foreign policy debated over Greece and Turkey aid
Senator Vandenberg Warns against partisan control of foreign policy as Eaton releases Truman aid bill for Greece Turkey. Navy secretary urges unified policy and Taft questions GOP cooperation. Baldwin argues USSR not seeking war while Republicans press for Republican involvement in policy.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Greece
Turkey
Senate
Gael Sullivas
Dermcratic National Committee
Cerroll Reece
Sullivan
Reece
Truman
Rep
Eaton
R-Nj
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Navy Forrestal
Senate Armed Services Committee
Taft
Ohio
Russia
Baldwin
R-Conn
Soviet Union
Aft
Gael
MacArthur Praised By Japanese Press Conference
Japanese newspapers praised General MacArthur for his press conference statement urging a quick peace treaty with Japan and termination of the occupation while calling for future guidance to be turned over to the United Nations. Many fear losing American aid and security influence.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
United Es
United Nations
Britain backs MacArthur peace push with Japan
London reports a Foreign Office spokesman welcomed General MacArthur’s advocacy of an early peace treaty with Japan provided dominions share in the final settlement. Britain favors rapid normalization of relations with former enemies to aid world reconstruction and supports raising Japan’s industrial level to ease reparations.
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London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
MacArthur
Japan
Japanese views on occupation and postwar aims
The supreme commander's points echoed officials hopes for early peace and reparations, while some young intellectuals warned withdrawal of American forces could spur extremist activity and hinder democracy. Japanese comments suggested civil administration might lack restraint.
Weather outlook for Carolinas March 18 1947 fair then cooling
Weather forecast from 7:30 tonight to 7:00 Saturday shows mostly fair conditions with frost in interior regions and below normal temperatures lingering, turning slightly warmer by Saturday. Cloudy Wednesday with chances of rain Thursday, generally fair Friday into Sunday. Official Charlotte report lists temperatures around 82 to 88 in various stations.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Sota
Charlotte
Mar
Official
Weather Bureau
M. Keston
Stowe
Galveston
Angeles
New Orleans
New York
Relel
San Onio
Prandiste
Spartanuirg
Hing'an
Wilmington
Leaders Must Quit Albanian Territory
The United Nations Balkan investigating commission ordered liaison aides from Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania to leave guerrilla territory near the Albanian frontier. Several reporters and officials remained. Greek authorities requested the removal amid accusations of fomenting guerrilla warfare.
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SOC
Charles Salonika
Greece
United Nations Balkan Investigating Commission
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Tcheudmor Hetrov
Radio Sofia
Nuri Huta
Tirana
Bashkimi
Vrleta Krulj
Mt. Grammos
Alexei Grauer
Z. Grawak
Gen. Markos
Salonika
Grauer
Granak
Oscar Cavrico
R. L. Rigal
Paris
L’ Humanite
Shorts Frantic as Three Dollar Wheat Near Reality
Chicago brokers rush to cover short March deliveries as 690000 bushels of shorts remain. March wheat has surged 80 cents since Feb 1 with prices peaking at 3.25 in 1917 style parallels. Trading ends March 22 with delivery due by March 31, while mills buy cash wheat to meet flour contracts complicating shorts.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Shorts
Troops Aid Flood Victims in England Sees Vast Damage
Britain mobilized fresh troops and volunteers to rescue thousands of marooned families and shore up river banks as the nation faces its worst floods in over 50 years. Murky waters cover vast areas of southern England, isolating villages and hindering transport while straining food and water supplies. Rain continues, river levels remain high, and weather forecasts predict unsettled, breezy conditions.
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London
Britain
England
Air Ministry
Yank Warships To Visit Greece
An authoritative Greek source said 12 American warships including an aircraft carrier would soon visit Greek waters. The source also said Foreign Minister Constantin Tsaldaris sent a memorandum to the Moscow conference inviting Greece and other small nations to attend as observers.
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Athens
Constantin Tsaldaris
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Greece
Durant Dies at 85 Organizer of General Motors
William C. Durant, 85, the organizer of General Motors who twice built and lost control of the car empire, died in his Gramercy Park apartment. He celebrated his 85th birthday last December 8 and had been ill since October. Durant, a shrewd market operator, shaped the automobile industry’s history through GM’s formation in 1908 and vast fortunes.
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New York
William C. Durant
General Motors
Tony
Durant
Gramercy Park
General Motors Corporation
Congress In Fresh Start On 2 Issues
Congress begins anew on housing with two aims. The Senate Banking Committee will fast track hearings on the Wagner Ellender Taft housing bill seeking 15 million new dwellings by 1958. A banking subcommittee works on rent controls with a plan to replace OPA and decontrol newer units while capping across the board increases.
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Washington
Rae
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Ellender
D-La
Wagner
McCarthy
R-Wasa
OPA
Tobey
R-Nh
Government predicts Yenan capture within a week
An informed source says a government general predicted the capture of Yenan, the Chinese Communist capital, within seven days. Gen Chen Cheng reportedly stated this before the Kuomintang central executive committee plenary, though the official communique did not mention it. The advance of government troops near Yenan fuels belief the Communists may not defend the city.
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Nanking
Yenan
Chen Cheng
Kuomintang (Government Party
Central Executive Committee
Chen
Red
Largest narcotics seizure in New York harbor history
Port patrol discovers 459 ounces of pure heroin aboard the French freighter St Tropez. Officer Lawrence Murray found four packages hidden in a money belt on deckhand Cesar, a 28-year-old Negro. Collector Harry M. Durning confirms the seizure as the port's biggest narcotics case.
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New York
Tropez
Harry M. Durning
Lawrence Murray
Negro Cesar
St. Tropez
Wine Bills Debated in North Carolina House
Bills to outlaw wine sales in parts of North Carolina and to let counties decide beer sales were introduced in the house. The measure duo, drawn from 16 prior bills, faced committee votes and potential county exclusions, while a July tax referendum for flue cured tobacco farmers gained Senate backing.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
Ramsay
Finance Committee
Avery
Bladen
Madison
Northamton
Mull
Cleveland
Anson
Harnett
Haywood
Jackson
Lee
Randolph
Robeson
Scotland
Transylvania
Three Killed In Collision With Meat Truck Near Reidsville
Three Leaksville high school students were killed when their car collided with an Armour and Company meat truck on the Reidsville Greensboro highway at 9 30 am. The victims were Mabel Rickman Annie Wade and Marjorie Reynolds all of Leaksville Mrs Dot Willis Hall the car driver and Misses Moselle Thornton and Frances Jarrett were in critical condition The truck driver J H Shackelford of Greensboro is held for investigation.
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Reidsville
Leaksville
Greensboro
Reidsville-Greensboro
Armour and Company
Mabel Rickman
Annie Wade
Marjorie Reynolds
Dot Willis Hall
Moselle Thornton
Frances Jarrett
J. H. Shackelford
Rockingham County
GOP Leaders Weigh Narrow Tax Relief Plan
Washington march 18 House GOP leaders signal intent to target relief for small earners in a proposed income tax cut. Knutson plans a 20 percent across the board cut with possible 25 to 80 percent relief for incomes around four thousand dollars or less. Senate support noted for graduated cuts higher for smaller taxpayers and expanded exemptions. George, former Senate Finance chairman, expects Senate amendments and nationwide application of community property rules.
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Washington
Knutson
Minn
Ways and Means
Martin
Mass
Ways and Mears
Engel
R-Mich
George
D-Ga
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Youth Given Prison Terms In Cal Murder Case
In Oroville California Judge Harry Dierup sentenced 14 year old Albert Jones of Chico to two consecutive five years to life terms for the murder of Patricia Crandall 15 and Myrtle Nielsen 46 last summer. He also gave up to 20 years for attempted murder of H J Nielsen husband of the slain woman, to run concurrently. He was ordered held until Monday and possibly committed to Mendocino state hospital.
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Oroville
Calif
Albert Jones
Chico
Patricia Crandall
Myrtle Nielsen
Harry Dierup
H. J. Nielsen
Dierup
Mendocino State Hospital
Bidault Demands Separation of Ruhr Rhineland and Saar
In Moscow on March 18 France’s Georges Bidault urged the foreign ministers to keep allied controls over Germany after peace, insisting Ruhr Rhineland and Saar be separated. He pressed for continued occupation measures beyond a final settlement.
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Moscow
Georges Bidault
France
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saar
Germany
Foreign Ministers Council
Allies Deny Molotov Charges On Reparations At Conference
U S Secretary of State Marshall and British Foreign Secretary Bevin reject Molotov claims that 10 billion dollars in reparations were removed from western zones. The session grew cooler amid debates on Ruhr Rhineland and Saar separation and France’s demands.
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Moscow
Mar
U. S
Marshall
Soviet Union
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United States
France
Bevin
Molotov
Vv. M. Molotov
Georges Bidault
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saar
France eyes rigid limits on coal and steel after war
Bidault met with Prime Minister Stalin and outlined France policy for the defeated axis. He urged strict controls on coal and steel industries and proposed France assume the role of Europe’s leading steel producer, withholding agreement with the United States and Britain on matters of postwar policy.
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Bidault
Stalin
France
Germany
Europe
Five Children perished in Te wksbury Fire
In Tewksbury Massachusetts on March 1 five Farrell children aged one to five died in a flash fire that swept a second floor bedroom where four boys and a girl slept. Their mother, Mrs. William Farrell, 35, was treated for shock after oil stove flames tied up the stairs and engulfed the room.
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Tewksbury
Mass
William Farrell
Tewksbury Hospital
Alden Haines
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